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Cylinder Sealno date

Not on view
Small cylindrical stamp seal carved from dark gray stone, with geometric incised patterns of diagonal and parallel lines across the body

Unknown, Cylinder Seal, no date, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Cylinder Seal
Place Made
Iran
Date Made
no date
Medium
Black serpentine
Dimensions
Height: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); Diameter: 1/2 in. (1.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.76.174.428
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient
Selected Bibliography
  • Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics, and Seals: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern, Central Asiatic, and European Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981.

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